Vintage Crondall Rock 'n' Roll Club photos

(More to follow as we get them).

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If you have any old photos of Crondall Rock 'n' Roll club from days past and would like them put on this website, please send them via e-Mail to Janie, or bring them along to one of the gigs. We will scan those that are brought in and post the best on this page. The originals will of course be returned. If you send via e-Mail please add some words so we can put a caption on the photos as per below.

Rock 'n' Roll has been kept alive constantly by dedicated Teds and Rockers at various venues in and around Crondall village since at least the 1960's at Castle pub which is now a residential building, next door to the village hall  & Church rooms (of which there is footage of, from the 70's on our DVD Vol 2 ) which is next to the old Castle pub building. Another venue haunted  in the area back in the late 70's/early '80s - Tumbledown Dick Pub in Farnborough.

Crondall village hall has been a venue for Crondall rock 'n' roll club since it was opened on 26th November 1976, and has been run by various promoters continuously.

These pictures are of past  times of the club and of the people who helped to keep it going by their gratefully appreciated continuous support over the years gone by.

 * denotes people who still regularly attend Crondall rock 'n' roll club.

 * denotes people who attend Crondall rock 'n' roll club whenever they can.

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The late Gordon Gillingham, the guy who first brought rock 'n' roll into Crondall village hall in 1976. He is pictured here in the blue drape suit, with his best friend at that time, Brian.

The bloke pulling the funny face and wearing the hat is Mick Hobbs who is sadly no longer with us  - one of the first people to run Crondall rock 'n' roll club.

Graham, Sunglasses Sam*, & Alan Cameron*

Sunglasses Sam*, Mick Withers, Graham, Susan* (then Bartrop ), Ann Bartrop*

Alan Cameron with his car, which at some point also belonged to Phil Morgan* - ex steel guitarist of Lynette Morgan* & the Blackwater Valley boys, and  Western Aces, still a musician & now owns Bellfields Autos garage in Guildford

The following pics are of some of the Old Crondall days:-

The Thunderbirds.

The Flying Saucers.

L - R - Ali, Sue, Julie, Reg Potter.

L -R Nigel, Tony, John, Reg, Derek Burns.

Julie Hobbs (one of Mick's sister's) /Sunglasses Sam*/Big Paul/Derek Burns/Colin/Heather with John Jarrett.

A young man a.k.a Tom Dooley, pictured here with his girlfriend.

Unknown band.

Mick Hobbs with Graham Toad showing his car off !

The next two pics were taken at Tumbledown Dick pub in Farnborough about 30 years ago. Another haunt for the 'ol Crondall rockers and Teds, where Wildcat Pete* used to D.J. before being hired for Crondall.

L - R - Steve? /Brenda (Mullins?) & Mark Butler, an old Crondall punter, who had a brother named Adrian a.k.a. Andy Pandy.

This is a picture of Stompin' Steve* & Dawn's* wedding, dated 7th May 1977, taken outside St Peters church, Basingstoke.
which is situated behind the present Basingstoke rock 'n' roll club.

 Teds from the early days of Crondall Rock 'n' Roll, some organised the club.
Names L-R>

John Jarrett, the late Mick Withers, Ken Partridge*, Ian Venables a.k.a. Sunglasses Sam*, Gordon Gillingham (1st promoter at the village hall) Gary Kavanah a.k.a. Spanner, Terry Easton, Stompin' Steve* (1st D.J. at Crondall R 'n' R club), Dawn* - Gordon's step daughter, Brian (Organiser of the present Basingstoke R 'n' R club), Wayne Rudolph, unknown (any offers?), Mick Hobbs - a well remembered promoter of Crondall R 'n' R Club who took over at the village hall when Gordon left. Reg Potter, Graham Keen, Mark Bullen a.k.a. 'Pedi', 'cos he used to ride a moped as opposed to a motorbike!

 

David* Bartrop & Alan Cameron

Alan Cameron & Steve Smith*

Graham, Janet, Alan Cameron, Steve smith*

The  three b & w photos below are of Tim Barnes* in his earlier years, and  who was rockin' around Crondall before the village hall was even built.

An early picture of Jill*, another longstanding customer, with her nephew Stewart.

Xmas 1984 - Wildcat Pete*, Crondall r 'n' r clubs longest running D.J.

This lovely young lady here is Elaine* in 1980, and has been going to Crondall since 1977.

The Kodiaks at Crondall - date unknown.

A young Ady* & Janie*.

Ady* & Georgia.

Some early Crondall R 'n' R club photos with Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers.....

.....and Red Hot (now known as Lucas & the Dynamos).

Each year, Farnham town organises a carnival.

During 1978 & 1979, The Teds & Rockers from Crondall Rock 'n' Roll club, which was then referred to as Crondall Rock 'n' Roll society took part in these parades. The pics that follow have captured some of those moments.

1978 - Rock 'n' roll band Crepes & Drapes often played at Crondall in the early days. The band later became known as ' Chevrolet ' (Not sure if they were Crepes & Drapes or Chevrolet at this particular time)

More pictures from Farnham  carnival 1978. The guy in the blue drape (left & centre pic) goes by the name of Howard, who is known to still be rockin' around somewhere.

The other Ted at front of procession in these pics in the dark drape suit is Lee Adams, also in the pic on the right.

These pictures where taken at Farnham carnival 1979. The bands name is Hound Dog.

And good old Howard appears once again in between two of his mates (centre pic) Martin Smith on his left, Colin Mullins on his right. Where are you Howard? A few people would like to see you again!

In The Hart car park, Farnham, at the start of the carnival 1979.
From left to right:- Alan Cameron* ( who many years later, became Wildcat Pete's* brother in law, through marriage to his sister, Audrey*.) / Alan's brother - Ian / A guy known then as Tom Dooley with his girlfriend / And Mr Wildcat Pete himself.

The car flying the rebel flags belonged to Mr Wildcat.

As wildcat drove it around the carnival as slow as he could, the others & more parked themselves on top of the car. Of course, with all the excess weight, the car overheated, and they all ended up havin' to push it instead. Apparently, it was quite a good laugh at the time.

Pic approx 1977/78

Some of the Old Crondall crowd on a  mid week visit to the flicks.

Names L-R > Lee Adams, Mary Lunn, Terry Cole, Sunglasses Sam, Steve Smith*, Julie Hobbs, ?, Howard, Mick Hobbs, Cindy*, Colin, Jackie Wright, Liz Hobbs, Denise Gething.

Pic & info kindly supplied by Roger Brown.

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Many, many thanks goes to all of those lovely people who have so kindly shared their photos and memories with us.
Without these, we would not be able to portray the history of what maybe the longest running rock 'n' roll club in the south of England, if not the whole of England.

Those thanks go out to:-

Dawn* & Steve* Williams (Step daughter of the late Gordon Gillingham & first D.J. of Crondall r 'n' r club) - Basingstoke
Wildcat Pete (Y'all know who he is! Also, Crondall's longest running D.J.) - Beaconsfield.
Tim Barnes* ( Longstanding Crondall punter, from the Castle pub days ) - Odiham
Elaine Preedy* (Longstanding Crondall punter) - Woking
Bob Davies*, (Crondall punter since about  '86) - Reading
Steve Smith*, (one of the original punters) and Ann* Bartrop, (Original punter who has also had a hand in running the club in the early years.) - Camberley

Alan Cameron* ( Brother in law of Wildcat Pete & Punter from the Castle pub days ) - Aldershot

Lee Adams